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INDIGO. 



Ben^^r ai'ticle becomes more effectually established ; in 

 6 May 1791. which case it may hereafter be a matter of consi- 

 deration, what other system shall be resorted to, 

 for securing to the Company, without losing sight 

 of the interest of the manufacturer, the advantages 

 that would accrue from carrying on the trade on 

 their own immediate account. 



37. We have attended to the representations 

 made by the indigo manufacturers, as stated in 

 paragraphs 10 to 14 of your letter in this de- 

 partment of the 7th December 17 89, and, for the 

 reasons you have therein set forth, approve of 

 your consenting to remit the Calcutta duty for 

 the seasons of 1789 and 1790, ending with the 

 despatch of the last ship (10th March 1791). We 

 have also, upon all such parcels as are shipped in 

 those two seasons, consented to a further remission 

 of two and a-half of the five per cent, levied at 

 home, under the usual name of the Company's 

 duty. In respect to the several other points of 

 reference, as they involve expenses to which the 

 Company themselves are subject, a compliance 

 therewith is impracticable ; nor do w^e think, after 

 the expiration of the periods above-mentioned, 

 the article will stand in need of the assistance now 

 afforded. 



38. As it is probable it may be of use to you to 

 be informed of the general extent of the trade car- 

 ried on in indigo from the different places of its 

 growth, we subjoin the following account. 



Quantities 



